36Silent electors: request for address to be omitted from authorised rolls or any other list of electors

#### 36 Silent electors: request for address to be omitted from authorised rolls or any other list of electors 36 Silent electors: request for address to be omitted from authorised rolls or any other list of electors > > (1) A person may lodge a request in the approved form that the person’s residential address be omitted from any authorised roll or list of electors if the person considers that having that address on a roll or list of electors places or would place the personal safety of the person or of members of the person’s family at risk. > > > (2) A request must— > > > > > (a) give particulars of the relevant risk, and > > > > > (b) be verified by statutory declaration by the person making the request. > > > (3) If the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that having the residential address of the person making the request on an authorised roll or a list of electors places or would place the personal safety of the person or of members of the person’s family at risk, the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the address of the person is omitted from any such roll or list. > > > (4) The Electoral Commissioner must notify the person in writing (including by email, SMS text message or other electronic means if the person has requested or consented to notification by that method) of a decision to grant or refuse a request made by a person under subsection (1). > > > (5) If a person’s address has been excluded or omitted from a roll kept under the Commonwealth Act by operation of section 104 of that Act— > > > > > (a) the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the address of the person is omitted from any authorised roll or list of electors prepared under this Act, and > > > > > (b) the person is taken to be a silent elector under this Act.